Weird Fix 21: World’s Oldest Tortoise Death Hoax, Ghostly Experiments & A Pope Fact
From Things Are About To Get Weird by Chyaz Samuel
May 27, 2026 · 14 min
About this episode
Chyaz discusses a death hoax involving the world's oldest tortoise and new research on infrasound's links to the paranormal.
Weird Fix is back! In today’s mini episode, Chyaz discusses two of the strangest news stories of the year so far: one concerning Jonathan the Tortoise, the ‘World’s Oldest Land Animal’, who found himself caught up in a cryptocurrency death hoax…and the other relating to new research into the potential links between Infrasound and the paranormal. Plus, a fascinating piece of Pope-related trivia. There’s a weird little something for everyone in this bite-sized edition of Things Are About To Get Weird. Mental health resources UK: https://www.mind.org.uk/ Mental health resources Global: https://unitedgmh.org/support/ Where to find us! Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ThingsGetWeirdPodcast Facebook (Main Page): https://www.facebook.com/thingsareabouttogetweird Facebook (Discussion Group): www.facebook.com/groups/thingsareabouttogetweird/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thingsareabouttogetweird 📧 Email: thingsgetweirdpodcast@gmail.com Source Shout Outs Jonathan The Tortoise Articles…
People in this episode
Host: Chyaz Samuel
Topics covered
- death hoax
- cryptocurrency
- infrasound
- paranormal
- Pope trivia
Keywords
- tortoise
- death hoax
- cryptocurrency
- infrasound
- paranormal
- Pope trivia
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BBC, The Guardian, Sky News, Mind, United Global Mental Health
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